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Meal Breaks Policy

Effective Date: July 1, 2011

Last Reviewed: July 1, 2015

Review by: July 1, 2016

Purpose

It is the policy of the Company to provide meal breaks to employees during the course
of each workday. Unless otherwise described below, employees are granted one hour
for lunch with 30 minutes paid by the college and 30 minutes unpaid.

Policy Statement

Full-time employees are allowed a meal break near the middle of the workday. In departments
operating on single shifts, the break will be 60 minutes. In departments operating
on two or three shifts, the meal break will be 30 minutes or less, depending on operating
requirements.

Part-time employees scheduled to work more than five consecutive hours during any
workday will receive a meal break of the same duration as full-time employees in their
department.

Supervisors are responsible for balancing workloads and scheduling meal breaks and
should take into consideration the work load and the nature of the job performed.
Whenever necessary, the duration and time of meal periods may be changed.

Employees required to work more than ten hours in any workday will be allowed a second
meal break no later than six hours after returning from their first meal break.

Nonexempt employees (those covered by the minimum wage and overtime requirements of
the Fair Labor Standards Act) will not be compensated for their meal breaks unless
they are required to work during their breaks. Nonexempt employees must clock out
and back in on their time cards for all meal breaks.

Generally, nonexempt employees may not leave early or extend meal breaks beyond their
assigned period. Employees will be subject to discipline if tardy returning from a
break.

Employees should use appropriate dining ares for meal periods. No employee may consume
food or beverages in work areas unless the employee is specifically required to remain
at a workstation during meal breaks.

Employees on meal breaks are not permitted to interfere with other employees who are
continuing to work.